NORFOLK, Va. (AP) Amere May scored 26, including a late pair of free throws, to help No. 5 seed Delaware State beat 12th-seeded Savannah State 64-58 in the opening round of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference tournament on Monday night.

Tyshawn Bell scored 14 and Kendall Gray had 12 rebounds and four blocked shots for Delaware State (16-16), which will face No. 4 seed Howard in the quarterfinals on Thursday. Todd Hughes added 11 points on 5-of-5 shooting

Alante Fenner sandwiched a pair of layups around a 3-pointer by Javaris Jenkins to pull Savannah State (9-22) within one with 44 seconds to go.